On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, earl ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com> wrote:
> The easiest way to do this is to navigate to /opt/google-earth
> then execute the following command from the command line
>> ./uninstall
I uninstalled the old version of Google Earth, completely, and then,
logged into my normal user account, I downloaded the .bin file from
google. Then, I logged out and logged in as root and installed the new
version of Google Earth.
Now, I remember seeing 1 or 2 lines, regarding the Desktop (?) ,
which I did not pay careful attention to at the time.... I should
have written down those lines.... I cannot launch the new version
of Google Earth, while logged in as root or in my normal user account,
from the menu or from the desktop icon. Later, I will try to check
this out on the Google web site. Probably a permission problem or the
icon and menu are not pointing to the proper location ? The command
from the desktop icon is /opt/google-earth/googleearth % f